Most underrated video game?

Hmm, I'd like to pick it up, sounds great, but I dunno if it'd work with Win 7 :(

I could probably make a list longer then a football field of underrated Wii games alone. Two of my personal favourites include a boy and his blob, and little king's story. both got fairly good reviews, but are almost never talked about and the sales didn't compliment the games. Both have an amazing art style and I have put more hours into those games then almost any AAA game out there.

The Saboteur. You're an irish drunk in Paris France during the Nazi Occupation. You hook up with the French Resistance and cause all hell. It's like GTA but with nazi's. It's open world and you live in a French Whorehouse. Did I mention tits? tits everywhere.

OKAMI
stolen from wikipedia:
Total sales for the game remained under 600,000 total units by March 2009, and was named the "least commercially successful winner of a game of the year award" in the 2010 version of the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition.

I would say Section:8 Prejudice is underrated. Its got a really nice fantasy shooting style to it that kind of reminds me of what made Halo good.

Scarface, it has the best features of all the GTA 3 games and really good soundtrack. It's really fun when you want to drive a car recklessly and listen to music. Also openttd which can suck hours of my life even days building a better rail network than the other guy on the multiplayer game. And it's free and completely moddable with a real good online content system.

King's Field the Ancient City is almost unknown but is the best PS2 adventure game.

the X series. probably because it is a german production and nobody heard of egosoft

PS: i'm soooo looking forward to X Rebirth

Hmmm.... maybe Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)!

dodS

Freelance. That game was just awesome and it's a real shame that we're not gonna get a sequel.

Red Orchestra
http://store.steampowered.com/recommended/byafriend/1200/76561198019497567/

hmm

My arm, my arm, my arm, my arm will summon forth the power of the GOD HAND!
Seriously, I love this game to death, but it got beaten to death by critics basically just because it's hard.

Second Sight. Maybe not the most underrated, but it got way less attention than it deserved.

Star Wars Republic Commando was underrated, especially for a Star Wars game. Because it's an FPS from a trooper's perspective, it gives a much grittier and militaristic look to the universe that normally isn't seen and wasn't really since the original Dark Forces. I'd say the game play was above average, mixing in typical shooting with some light squad tactics. The surprisingly good story and dialogue from the squadmates tie it all together. I'm still surprised at how many Star Wars fans have never heard of it. If you're a fellow fan, definitely give it a try.

Oddworld: Strangers Wrath

I don't know how popular Amplitude was when it came out, but I've never come across a person who's played it or heard of it, with the exception of my girlfriend who introduced me to it. A precursor to the Guitar Hero/Rock Band games, and made by the Rock Band devs - Harmonix.

One of my top 2 RPGs of all-time, Xenogears, isn't often discussed in my circles or forums. It leads me to believe it was under-played, though not necessarily underrated. I really enjoyed Monolith Soft's follow-up to the Xeno universe in the Xenosaga series for the PS2, as well, but Xenosaga 2 fell very flat and I believe it somewhat killed the franchise; with the addition to Namco being the publisher instead of Square Enix.

Supreme Ruler 2020!

What about Titan Quest? Yes perhaps its not exactly an underraed game but in my opinion it was never shown the deserved attention by gaming critics and was always too lightly referred as a diablo clone. Yes it has many similarities but to me this game truly shines on its own due to the huge variety of classes and builds you can create with your character. A shame the developing company went down close after they released TQ:IT but the fan community is still very active today and with various mods available it still remains fresh and appealing to me today :D

Psychonauts and Oddworld Strangers Wrath. Great games luckily on Steam.